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Old 02-03-2016, 11:13 PM   #61 (permalink)
Stubby79
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Wow this is a great conversion!
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With the motor brush advance, can the brushes be moved without disassembly? I remember a few years ago I thought of using a servo to advance/retard the brushes to match the required speed and direction. Probably not worth the effort, but you could have reverse without arcing and all that.
So far, I don't have any reason to advance the brushes. Of course, I haven't revved it up. I understand that arcing can happen if the field is too weak, but that shouldn't be an issue with this motor. We'll see.

I also have little reason to reverse it, since I've got a transmission, though if I wanted it, it would be as simple as flipping the field polarity.

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